Volunteer Programs
Main Shelter Volunteer Opportunities
Main Shelter Volunteer Opportunities
Main Shelter Volunteer Opportunities
As a volunteer, you can make a difference in the lives of shelter animals! Volunteers must be at least 18 year old and be able to dedicate at least 3 hours per month to volunteering.
Main shelter volunteer opportunities include:
- Cat socialization
- Dog walking and socialization
- Take photos of animals at the shelter so they have better website photos
- Cleaning cat and critter cages
- Greeting adopters and helping them figure out where to go
- Join our Foodies club and help make food enrichment for our animals!
- Laundry and dishes
- Preparing enrichment items
- Providing exercise for dogs by joining our ACCT Philly running team!
Offsite Volunteer Opportunities
Main Shelter Volunteer Opportunities
Main Shelter Volunteer Opportunities
Adoption, community, and fundraising events are a great occasion to promote the shelter, recruit new volunteers and spotlight adoptable animals!
These opportunities include:
- Caring for our cats at in store cat adoption centers, such as the PetSmart in King of Prussia, where we need volunteers to help care for the cats daily.
- Setting up our booth or table, directing and interacting with potential adopters
- Representing the shelter at community events, talking to people about our work and how they can get involved
- Taking a dog to an event, and talking to people about the dog, taking photos and sharing notes with staff about the dog on return to
help them get adopted - Recruiting volunteers at events
Foster
Main Shelter Volunteer Opportunities
Foster
Short Term Fostering
Are you not able to commit to fostering long term? No worries, you can foster from just an overnight to a couple weeks.
Long Term Fostering
Long term fostering ranges from a couple months to however long it is until your foster dog gets adopted!
Day Trips
Are you not able to foster at this time? Definitely consider doing a day trip with one of the pups here at the shelter! Studies have shown that even giving a dog a night away from the shelter makes their stress level not get as high when they return. Photos and additional information you get will also help them find a home.
A day trip is taking a dog on an adventure out of the shelter. You can take the dog on a hike or to get ice-cream.. it’s up to you!